West Yangon General Hospital

The West Yangon General Hospital (Burmese: ရန်ကုန် အနောက်ပိုင်း ဆေးရုံ) is a public hospital in Yangon, Myanmar. It consists of a medical ward, a surgical ward, a pediatric ward, and an obstetrics and gynecology ward. The hospital also runs an ER for general medicine, general surgery and traumatology. It is also the Tertiary Care Teaching Hospital of University of Medicine 1, Yangon, the Yangon Institute of Nursing, and the University of Paramedical Science, Yangon. The hospital mainly serves the masses who cannot afford to attend private hospitals in Yangon or go abroad for "medical tourism".

West Yangon General Hospital
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Geography
LocationKyimyindaing 11101, Yangon, Yangon Division, Myanmar
Coordinates16°47′46″N 96°07′32″E / 16.796126°N 96.125513°E / 16.796126; 96.125513
Organisation
TypeTeaching
Affiliated universityUniversity of Medicine 1, Yangon
Services
Emergency departmentYes
Beds750
History
Opened1950
Links
ListsHospitals in Myanmar

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